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Senior Supply Chain Planner – Projects

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Senior Supply Chain Planner – Projects

  • Stockport
  • Permanent
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Role Summary

The Business
Our client is an industry leading manufacturer with a rich history covering a century of engineering knowledge, they have experienced significant growth in recent years and are entering exciting next chapter in the businesses evolution.

The Role
Reporting into the Head of Supply Chain, you will join an well-structured team in a new role that will focus on a key supplier project to improve OTIF performance with strategic business objectives that are closely aligned to manufacturing schedules over the coming years.

Job duties

Key duties include-

  • Work closely with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials and where needed provide solutions to supply chain/logistics challenges that ensure contractual obligations can be fulfilled
  • Build strong and effective relationships with supply chain partners, internal colleagues and support our relationships principal suppliers
  • To focus on operational performance management of the key supply chain partners using a structured and data-driven approach
  • To actively manage and respond to live supply chain operational requirements, taking ownership to both help with and resolve issues that arise.
  • Working with the Group procurement team to maintain purchase orders in line with latest BOM and ensure inventory is at optimum levels
Looking for

We are seeking a commercially minded & relationship focused supply chain professional who is confident with data and can utilise this alongside a continuous improvement mindset. Career to date you will have had direct responsibility for Supply Chain & Inventory Planning whilst knowledge of Procurement / Contract processes being beneficial but not must have. Alongside this you will have good ERP / MRP systems experience with SAP knowledge being beneficial. You will possess good interpersonal skills with ability to build productive relationships with colleagues / suppliers and have a driven mindset with ability to work effectively to project timescales.

Offer

The role is a permanent position which offers career progression over the coming years. Alongside a competitive salary the business offer 1 day home working, 4.5 day working week, 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and a wider package of employment benefits.

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